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The Fall Fast-Food Drink Menu: Sickly Sweet Treats

The Fall Fast-Food Drink Menu: Sickly Sweet Treats

Officially, fall is almost upon us.  Unofficially, your local fast-food outlet has already gone into full “pumpkin crazy” mode, flooding the market with cinnamon, nutmeg, and other fall spices which now make up the bulk of their autumnal offerings. That being said, most of these drinks, while they may be delicious (I wouldn’t know because I don’t drink this expensive garbage) – are certainly not good for one’s overall health.  The sheer amount of calories and sugar in many of…

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Pumpkin-Spice (fill in the blank here): The Food Industry Needs to Calm Down

Pumpkin-Spice (fill in the blank here): The Food Industry Needs to Calm Down

For those of you not in the know, Starbucks just began offering its beloved “seasonal” pumpkin-spiced latte on August 27th (this past week). August 27th. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I think about anything pumpkin-related, I usually envision cool October evenings, changing autumn leaves, and Halloween decorations – not air-conditioning, mosquitoes, and the smell of sunscreen in the air.  I don’t think that local pumpkins are even ripe in the fields yet. Still – following in the…

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